But whether the contract should, or could be, broken shouldn't even enter into the conversation. The poster said they cannot do consulting. For the purposes of

But whether the contract should, or could be, broken shouldn't even enter into the conversation. The poster said they cannot do consulting. For the purposes of this discussion, that's all the information given, so it's pointless to make further assumptions. Consulting would be my suggestion as well; it's far more immediately lucrative than creating a product from scratch.